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Anthony Doerr and Elizabeth Kolbert win Pulitzer Prizes, judging social-media book fans, and more

Anthony Doerr and Elizabeth Kolbert win Pulitzer Prizes for All the Light We Cannot See and The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, respectively Are book fans from social media "real" fans? Toni Morrison on race ... Read More »

April 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Library of Congress launches recorded poetry archive, Murakami and Adichie among Time’s 100 influential people, and more

By Becky Robertson

U.S. Library of Congress releases Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature Authors Haruki Murakami and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie make Time’s list of 100 most influential people Twitter Fiction Festival to host live companion event in ... Read More »

April 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Ebook prices rise, 150,000 people expected at L.A. festival, and more

By Sarah Kester

About 150,000 people are expected to attend the Los Angeles book festival, which starts tomorrow Neil Gaiman, Kenneth Oppel among recipients of the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-aloud Awards A ... Read More »

April 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela top audiobook list, Amazon is hoping to get drones approved, and more

By Sarah Kester

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela are among the Audio Publishers Association's top five audiobooks of the year. If Amazon's new drones are approved they could make deliveries faster and cheaper. A library in Topeka parodied Taylor ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

David Nicholls says buying books online is shoplifting, Stanford uses books to map Victorian London, and more

By Becky Robertson

U.K. author David Nicholls calls buying books online "a genteel form of shoplifting" Stanford Literary Lab uses books to map emotional geography of Victorian London The "dark reading" data that sales figures may miss Princess ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass dies at 87, Google Play brings ebooks to Canadian schools, and more

By Becky Robertson

Nobel Literary Prize winner Günter Grass has died at 87 Google Play for Education comes to Canada Jane and Emily Urquhart talk to The Globe and Mail about literary families Southwest Airline's Artists on the ... Read More »

April 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Churchill’s biography free for limited time, Gatsby turns 90, and more

By Sarah Kester

For a limited time only: Sir Winton Churchill’s biography is free Netflix launches Daredevil as Marvel moves into online television Associated Press partners with ebook developer to create book line Five fun facts about The Great ... Read More »

April 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Queen Victoria juvenilia to be published, the New York Times on Toni Morrison, and more

By Becky Robertson

Story written by 10-year-old Queen Victoria to be published Read the New York Times’ cover feature on Toni Morrison How Sad Puppies campaigners "broke" the Hugo Awards Chapters adds security measures to loyalty program Filmmaker ... Read More »

April 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

U.S. postal service prints misattributed quote on Maya Angelou stamp, Oyster to launch ebookstore, and more

By Becky Robertson

U.S. postal service accidentally prints quote by author Joan Walsh Anglund on Maya Angelou stamp Oyster subscription service to open an ebookstore New York City mayor Michael de Blasio launches Twitter contest for National Poetry ... Read More »

April 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

CBC lists top Canadian poetry classics, Alabama deems Harper Lee fit to publish, and more

By Becky Robertson

CBC's 10 Canadian poetry classics you should read Alabama closes Harper Lee investigation Australian publishers say suggested amendment to import restrictions would harm domestic authors Walmart bans MMA Olympic medallist Ronda Rousey's book for violence ... Read More »

April 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Anthony Doerr and Elizabeth Kolbert win Pulitzer Prizes, judging social-media book fans, and more

Library of Congress launches recorded poetry archive, Murakami and Adichie among Time’s 100 influential people, and more

Ebook prices rise, 150,000 people expected at L.A. festival, and more

Amy Poehler and Nelson Mandela top audiobook list, Amazon is hoping to get drones approved, and more

David Nicholls says buying books online is shoplifting, Stanford uses books to map Victorian London, and more

Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass dies at 87, Google Play brings ebooks to Canadian schools, and more

Churchill’s biography free for limited time, Gatsby turns 90, and more

Queen Victoria juvenilia to be published, the New York Times on Toni Morrison, and more

U.S. postal service prints misattributed quote on Maya Angelou stamp, Oyster to launch ebookstore, and more

CBC lists top Canadian poetry classics, Alabama deems Harper Lee fit to publish, and more

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